William wellington



. WELLINGTON. Ventilator-ahd 'Refrigeraton Patented May 11,1869;

No. 89,905,; I

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Letters Patent No. 89,905, dated Mal/y 11, 1869.

IMPROVED VENTILATOR .AND REFRIGERATOR The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM WELLINGTON, of Rockford, in the county of. Winnebago, and .State of Illinois, have invented a new andimproved Combined Ventilator and Refi'igerator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptiorroi' ities of the refrigerator, one at the upperand the other at the lower portion of the same; also incertaiu devices for regulating the draught, which will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same; and

Figure 3, a longitudinal vertical central section, through line 50-00, fig. 2.

To enable others skilled in the art .to make and use my invention,,I will proceed to describe fully its construction and operation,

A represents the body of the refrigerator, which may be constructed in the usual form, and provided with the grated shelves A A. I

Thelrefrigerator A is situated. near the wall of a cellar. and is provided, near the bottom, with a square tube, A, which extends-through the wall for some distance under ground, and finally communicates with the surface, at a sufiicient distance from the cellar to.

allow the air which passes through the tube A to become sufliciently cool before entering the refrigerator. The'ends of the tube A are covered with fine wire gauze, to prevent the ingress of insects, dust, 850.

The tube A is provided, between the refrigerator and cellar-wall, with the slides-a a a the two former of which extend across and close the same, and are situated a little distance apart, thereby regulating the temperature more effectually, and providing a space for dead air. v

The slide a works vertically over a corresponding orifice, between the slides a a and the wall in the side of the tube, and is'also covered with wire gauze.

The object of this latter arrangement is to provide ventilation for the cellar, independently of the refrigerator.

I n l I v 1 B represents a similar tube, communicating With the upper portion of the opposite end of the refrigerar tor, which tube is provided with a similar arrangement of slides, and also communicates with the external air,

in the same manner as the tube A.

'b I) represent the doors. 7

From this description, it will be'seen that this invention is one of great utility, as, by the arrangement of the tubes, a constant draught of cool air can be produced in the refrigerator when desired, without any liability of introducing dust or other injurious substances, said draught affecting all parts alike.

A very efticient device for ventilating the cellar is formed by the slides a, with their orifices, by which means the draught may be turned into the cellar at any time, thereby affording perfect-ventilation, which is a great advantage, particularly in the spring, when I the atmosphere is loaded with the effluvia of decaying vegetable matter.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The refrigeratorand ventilator above described, consisting substantially of the refrigerator A, in combination with the tubes A and B, with their slides a. a

a, as and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed, this20th day of J auuary, 1869.

WILLIAM WELLINGTON. Witnesses:

G. W. Fo'Rn, F. O. WITHE. 

